The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

Every mathematical problem has a solution; the challenge is finding it.

宇宙学家经常犯错，但从不怀疑。

我宁愿接受一个聪明人最尖锐的批评，也不愿接受大众无知的赞同。

大海不会奖赏那些过于焦虑、贪婪或急躁的人。